School swimming sports

School swimming sports

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This task is about using addition and basic multiplication facts.
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At a school swimming sports, points were given in each event for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd placings and Best Team Spirit  (B.T.S.) as follows:
1st placing
2nd placing
3rd placing
B.T.S.
 
   =  5 points
  =  3 points
  =  1 point
  =  4 points
 
The teams were Kaka, Kakapo, Kea, and Kiwi.
Their placings are shown in the table.
 
Number of Placings
Team 1st (5 points) 2nd (3 points) 3rd (1 point) B.T.S. (4 points)
Kaka 6 events 3 events 5 events 4 events
Kakapo 5 events 3 events 7 events 4 events
Kea 3 events 5 events 3 events 5 events
Kiwi 4 events 7 events 3 events 5 events

Question 2Change answer

a)  How many points did each team score?
     i)   Kaka: 
     ii)  Kakapo: 
     iii) Kea: 
     iv) Kiwi: 
 
b)  Which team got the most points overall? KakaKakapoKeaKiwi
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto marking displayed to students).
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Number and Algebra, Number Strategies
Keywords: 
multiplication, addition
Description of task: 
Students calculate scores for teams at a school swimming sports.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can help to identify students' ability to apply additive ideas to combine or partition whole numbers to solve addition problems.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Additive thinking, sets 6-7
Multiplicative thinking, sets 4-5
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y6 (11/1996)

Y7 (11/1996)
a) i)
ii)
iii)
iv)		 60
57
53
64		 difficult
difficult
difficult
difficult		 difficult
difficult
difficult
difficult
b) Kiwi
[Accept if consistent with answer to a).]		 moderate easy